The Feeling of the Land

debiriley18/01/2015color, watercolorsabsolute beginners landscapes, art, beginner watercolor, cobalt, creativity, imagine and create, inspiration, landscape painting, Light and Shade, nature

Stirling Ranges in cobalt watercolours debiriley.com

The Feeling of the Land. I love the land, its colours, textures, shapes, layers and the richness of its dialogue. Its more important to me, to convey the feeling of the place, its spirit rather than the precise exact details. When I paint, I feel it.

Stirling Ranges in cobalt debiriley.com — Stirling Ranges in Cobalt Blue debiriley.com

I rely more on my creative intuition than on cold hard ‘rules.’ Even though, I know guidelines are extremely relevant. If the image touches the viewer, evoking a heartfelt response, then I think that I’ve been fairly successful with the image. In both of these colourful impressionistic landscapes, for me, there’s a real sense of being there. Of being able to walk through the valley and to the mountains just beyond. One takes you up to the mountain peak; the other painting has you journey through the gap to wonder what exists on the other side.

Both images are based on travels throughout Australia, Western Australia and the New South Wales areas near Scone and Murrurrundi. I loved these places and have always been inspired by their rough bold beauty.

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The act of creation, in any media is a fascinating and magical process. I simply love to create. Expressing in color, line, tone, texture - as if, they were words upon a page. Creating a uniquely me, interpretation. Enjoy More of my "one-of-a-kind" expressive art at society6.com/debiriley and, redbubble.com/people/debijriley/shop View more posts

10 thoughts on “The Feeling of the Land”

taphian says:

18/01/2015 at 7:15 pm

wonderful paintings, really like them

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1. debiriley says:
  
  18/01/2015 at 9:20 pm
  
  Thank you very much for coming to have a look at my website and having a really good thorough look through. I appreciate your lovely comments, feedback and your visits! As I continue to Learn as I go, with the site, I’ll continue to ‘adjust’ it with new features to enhance the site.
  
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  1. taphian says:
    
    20/01/2015 at 10:23 am
    
    I’m looking forward to that, regards Mitza
    
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Andrew Seal says:

20/01/2015 at 4:20 am

I love these impressionistic images that so beautifully capture the “spirit” of the landscape as you intended. Thanks for the Follow, and welcome to thechangingpalette. I’ll do my best to keep it interesting for you. We clearly share a love of color, impressionism and serendipity. You live in a beautiful country, which I will be visiting everyday for the next two weeks watching the Australian Open 🙂

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1. debiriley says:
  
  20/01/2015 at 10:11 am
  
  Thank you so much! Look forward to seeing your site via the ‘follow’ 🙂 thanks again too for following on mine
  
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Robbie W Hudson says:

24/01/2015 at 7:02 am

Love the boldness of the cobalt blue! Both images evoke the atmosphere of those parts of Australia perfectly, looking forward to seeing more.

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1. debiriley says:
  
  24/01/2015 at 8:23 am
  
  Thanks so much- Love that Cobalt too! much appreciation for your visiting and your follow! will be trying some new materials once my Term 1 gets under way, so that should generate more intriguing images. I Hope. 🙂
  
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2. debiriley says:
  
  08/02/2015 at 9:19 pm
  
  Thank you very much for your compliments!
  
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Margaret Parker Brown says:

29/07/2016 at 3:52 am

So beautiful! your paintings convince me that simplicity and showing bold color and visceral, immediate feeling is #1 in painting…..

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1. debiriley says:
  
  29/07/2016 at 4:45 am
  
  thank you M; its not how everyone wants to paint…but its how I’m Called To Paint. you get some right, you get some not so much; but, thats how it goes. thanks for having a Look!!!
  
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